¹⁰ I was the one who said, “I must go in the quiet of my days;
    I am summoned through the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.”
¹¹ I said, “I shall not see Yah! Yah in the land of the living!
    I shall no more look at humankind among the inhabitants of the world.
¹² My dwelling place is pulled up and removed from me like the tent of my shepherd;
    I have rolled up my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the thrum;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.
¹³ I lie down^[a] until morning;
    like a lion, so he breaks all my bones;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.
¹⁴ Like a horse or a crane, so I chirp;
    I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weak toward the height.
    Lord, I have oppression; lend me support!
¹⁵ What can I say? For^[b] he has spoken to me,
    and he himself has done it.
I will walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
¹⁶ Lord, they live by them, and the life of my spirit belongs to all among them.
And restore me to health and keep me alive!
¹⁷ Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace.
And you were the one who loved^[c] my life from the pit of destruction,
    for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
¹⁸ For Sheol cannot praise you; death cannot praise you.
    Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
¹⁹ The living, the living one praises you like me today;
    a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
²⁰ Yahweh, save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the temple^[d] of Yahweh.”